Colin, John, and Elysa-Symbols

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Symbol Type
What it is
Date adopted
 Picture
The State’s Great Seal
 Great Seal
 August 26, 1868
State flag
 flag
 July 6, 1915
State tree
 White oak
 1908
State flower
 violet
 1908
State song
 “Illinois”
 1925
 By thy rivers gently flowing, Illinois, Illinois,
O'er thy prairies verdant growing, Illinois, Illinois,
Comes an echo on the breeze.
Rustling through the leafy trees, and its mellow tones are these, Illinois, Illinois,
And its mellow tones are these, Illinois.
From a wilderness of prairies, Illinois, Illinois,
Straight thy way and never varies, Illinois, Illinois,
Till upon the inland sea,
Stands thy great commerical tree, turning all the world to thee, Illinois, Illinois,
Turning all the world to thee, Illinois.
When you heard your country calling, Illinois, Illinois,
Where the shot and shell were falling, Illinois, Illinois,
When the Southern host withdrew,
Pitting Gray against the Blue, There were none more brave than you, Illinois, Illinois,
There were none more brave than you, Illinois.
Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois,
Can be writ the nation's glory, Illinois, Illinois,
On the record of thy years,
Abraham Lincoln's name appears, Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois, Illinois,
Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois.
State bird
 Cardinal
 1929
State slogan
 “Land of Lincoln
 1965
State mineral
 Fluorite
 1965
State insect
 Monarch Butterfly
 1974
State animal
 White-tailed deer
 January 1, 1982
State fish
 Bluegill
 1986
State prairie grass
 Big Bluestem
 August 31, 1989
State fossil
 Tully Monster
 1955
State dance
 Square dance
 1990
State soil
 Drummer silty clay loam
 August 2, 2001
State snack food
 popcorn
 August 4, 2003
State amphibian
 Eastern tiger salamander
 2005
State Reptile
 Painted turtle
 July 2005
State fruit
 Goldrush apple
 August 21, 2007